Feb 17, 2019Fourth-ranked Virginia and No. 22 Virginia Tech worked through some glitches to pick up victories Saturday against a couple of teams in the bottom cluster of the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.Neither team figures to be able to get through Monday night's game successfully with significant shortcomings when the teams collide at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va."I think that we are never going to apologize for a win, no matter what it looks like," Virginia guard Kyle Guy said after a 60-54 triumph against visiting Notre Dame.Virginia Tech went on the road for a 70-64 victory at Pittsburgh.With those out of the way, the second showdown of the winter between the Cavaliers (22-2, 10-2 ACC) and Hokies (20-5, 9-4) is set.Both teams are contending near the top of the standings, with Virginia sharing second place and Virginia Tech in a fourth-place tie.Virginia won 81-59 at home against the Hokies on Jan. 15, a matchup that then involved two Top 10 teams.Since then, Virginia Tech has played some stingy defense, using what's often referred to as a matchup zone. That will require good ball movement in order for the Cavaliers to find openings.In the Notre Dame game, that became an emphasis because the Irish were using a zone set-up."When you don't shoot the ball particularly well, that challenges you when people are packing in a zone," Virginia coach Tony Bennett said. "You want to be aggressive and make the right play." Guy and De'Andre Hunter have both reached the 20-point mark in back-to-back games for Virginia. Hunter, a redshirt sophomore swingman, delivered his third career double-double as he also collected 10 rebounds in the Notre Dame game."I just wanted to be more aggressive," Hunter said. "I felt like I was floating a little bit and I just got in the right spots and my teammates gave me the ball." The Hokies have been receiving big boosts from redshirt junior forward Kerry Blackshear Jr., who poured in 29 points at Pittsburgh. He has scored in double figures in five games in a row, with 68.4-percent shooting in the past two games."We have to play through him," Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams said. "... He's our best passer. He's our best playmaker, and he has the highest basketball IQ on our team." The Hokies are 5-0 in ACC games when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.Virginia Tech has played five straight games without injured point guard Justin Robinson, going 3-2 in those outings. That has created more playing time for Jonathan Kabongo, who didn't play in the first meeting with Virginia."It says a lot about him and a lot about the encouragement of his teammates," Williams said. "I think it's hard as a player -- I was never a player -- but sit over there and never get to play and all of the sudden you're forced into this sort of role." This marks the second week in a row that Virginia follows a Saturday home game with a road game two nights later against a ranked team. A week ago, a loss to Duke was followed by a 69-61 victory at No. 8 North Carolina.Virginia is 6-2 against nationally ranked teams this season, with both losses come to Duke.Virginia is 92-56 all-time vs. Virginia Tech, including a 21-30 mark in Blacksburg, The Cavaliers are 5-2 in their last seven visits.--Field Level Media

Feb 18, 2019BLACKSBURG, Va. Kyle Guy scored 23 points and No. 3 Virginia pulled away in the second half to beat No. 20 Virginia Tech 64-58 on Monday night.Ty Jerome added 16 points and De'Andre Hunter had 10 for the Cavaliers (23-2, 11-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who swept the regular-season series with their state rivals and won for the sixth time in their last eight visits to Cassell Coliseum.Kerry Blackshear Jr. had 23 points and 13 rebounds for the Hokies (20-6, 9-5), who played their sixth game in a row without floor leader Justin Robinson (injured foot). Ahmed Hill added 16 points, but the Hokies made just 3 of 27 attempts from beyond the 3-point arc.The game was tied at 32 after Hill's 3-pointer to open the scoring in the second half, but the Cavaliers gradually built their lead to 48-38 with about 11 minutes to play. The Hokies scored the next five points, rousing a sold-out crowd, but Virginia turned up its defense and held the Hokies scoreless for six possessions over the next 4 1/2 minutes and opened its largest lead at 56-43 with 5:51 to play.Hill broke the drought for Virginia Tech with a steal and dunk, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker followed a Virginia miss with a basket in traffic, but Jerome answered with a driving bank shot for the Cavaliers and their lead was 58-47 with 4 minutes to play. Three-pointers by Guy, his sixth of the game, and Braxton Key rebuilt the Virginia lead to 64-54 with under a minute left.BIG PICTUREVirginia: The Cavaliers appeared extremely loose in pregame warmups, but again were hurt by turnovers (eight) and sloppy play in the first half. They also played the last 12-plus minutes of the half without Hunter because of foul trouble and appeared out of sorts at times without their scorer most capable of making his own shot. They finished with 13 turnovers.Virginia Tech: The Hokies have struggled mightily at times without Robinson, but Blackshear has emerged as more of a go-to offensive performer in his absence. That can only help if and when Robinson returns from his left foot injury. The Hokies finished with just nine assists on 23 field goals.UP NEXTVirginia: The Cavaliers play at No. 18 Louisville on Saturday.Virginia Tech: The Hokies go on the road to play at Notre Dame on Saturday.---Follow Hank Kurz Jr. on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjr---More college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/-Top25

Feb 18, 2019CHENEY, Wash. Mason Peatling recorded 16 points and 13 rebounds to carry Eastern Washington to an 82-57 win over Idaho on Monday, the Eagles' seventh consecutive home victory.Kim Aiken Jr. had 17 points for Eastern Washington (10-15, 8-6 Big Sky Conference). Tanner Groves added 14 points. Jesse Hunt had 12 points and six assists for the hosts.Eastern Washington posted a season-high 24 assists.Cameron Tyson had 18 points for the Vandals (4-21, 1-13), who have lost 11 games in a row. Scott Blakney added 12 points. Jared Rodriguez had 11 points.Trevon Allen, whose 14 points per game entering the contest led the Vandals, scored seven points on 3-of-10 shooting.The Eagles evened the season series against the Vandals with the win. Idaho defeated Eastern Washington 74-71 on Jan. 3. Eastern Washington faces Southern Utah on the road on Thursday. Idaho faces Northern Arizona on the road on Thursday.---For more college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/-Top25---Elements of this story were generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from LLC, https://www.stats.com

Feb 17, 2019Illinois is scorching hot with a season-best four straight wins, and its recent success will certainly be tested on Monday.That is when the Fighting Illini attempt to halt a 14-game losing streak against No. 20 Wisconsin, a skid that began in 2011, when they visit the Badgers in Big Ten play at Madison, Wis.The slide includes this season's 72-60 home loss against the Badgers (17-8, 9-5 Big Ten) on Jan. 23 when Wisconsin star Ethan Happ was a non-factor, scoring a season-low nine points and committing six turnovers.But Illinois (10-15, 6-8) is feeling optimistic for the rematch after posting consecutive wins over Nebraska, current-No. 11 Michigan State, Rutgers and Ohio State."We want more. We're not satisfied," Illini freshman guard Ayo Dosunmu told reporters after Thursday's 63-56 road win over the Buckeyes. "Our main focus is Wisconsin and trying to get the fifth in a row. We're trying to make history."We're the only people who believe in us, so we just need to stay together." There wasn't much reason for anyone to think too highly of the Illini after a 4-12 start that included five straight Big Ten setbacks.But a stunning 95-68 thumping of Minnesota on Jan. 16 began the current stretch of six wins in nine games.Youngsters such as sophomore guard Trent Frazier -- the team leader in scoring (14.7), 3-pointers (66) and steals (37) -- Dosunmu (14.2 average) and freshman power forward Giorgi Bezhanishvili (12.2 average, team-leading 5.0 rebounds) have flashed good in-season development."We're playing really well," Frazier said. "We're on a roll right now and we have to continue to work hard." Illinois had no answer for sophomore power forward Nate Reuvers in the first meeting as Reuvers established career highs of 22 points and 10 rebounds while posting the lone double-double of his career.His effort in that game was key with Happ, the senior center, battling foul trouble while having his least productive game of the season.Happ enters the rematch with four straight double-doubles. He had 20 points and 12 rebounds in last Tuesday's 67-59 loss to Michigan State to become the fourth player in Big Ten history to reach both 2,000 career points and 1,000 rebounds.His career totals stand at 2,000 points and 1,138 rebounds and he was more interested in discussing his shaky play -- he missed all six of his free-throw attempts and committed six turnovers -- than his historical feat after the loss to the Spartans."I felt the whole night we were throwing punches back and forth and felt like we were in position to win the whole time," Happ said after the contest. "As a player, you look back on stuff that you did personally. There's plays I could have finished stronger or took my time more."And, obviously, the free throws were possessions where we got nothing out of it." Happ leads Wisconsin in scoring (18.4) and rebounding (10.5). D'Mitrik Trice contributes 12.7 points per game and has knocked down a team-high 61 3-pointers while fellow sophomore guard Brad Davison averages 11 points.The Badgers have dropped back-to-back games after posting a season-long six-game winning streak. An offense averaging 70.1 points overall hasn't reached 60 over the past three games while averaging 55.7 during the stretch."We've got to continue to get better and find ways to improve," Wisconsin coach Greg Gard told reporters. "We've got a lot more basketball games left to play." --Field Level Media

Feb 18, 2019MADISON, Wis. Brad Davison scored 18 points, Khalil Iverson added 16 and No. 22 Wisconsin held off Illinois 64-58 on Monday night.The Badgers (18-8, 10-5 Big Ten) ground out a win over Illinois (10-16, 6-9) with leading scorer Ethan Happ on the bench down the stretch.Happ, who averages 18 points, scored just six points on 3-of-7 shooting, was 0 for 3 from the foul line and had three turnovers, including one just before he sat out the final minutes. He also has proven a liability from the line in crunch time in past games, shooting less than 45 percent from the line.But Davison led the Badgers down the stretch. His short jumper put the Badgers up 54-52 with 3:21 left, giving them the lead for good. After Iverson blocked Giorgi Bezhanishvili, Davison collected the loose ball to take it in for a layup and a 56-52 lead with 2:45 to go.From there the teams traded blows until Nate Reuvers' putback dunk on a missed 3 gave Wisconsin a 62-58 lead. Iverson then stole the ball on the next Illinois possession, helping put away the game.Aaron Jordan finished with 12 points for the Illini, while Ayo Dosunmu added 11 and Bezhanishvili 10.BIG PICTUREIllinois: The Illini had won four straight and were looking for their first five-game conference winning streak since 2013. Instead, they lost their 15th in a row to the Badgers, the longest streak to any Illinois opponent.Wisconsin: The Badgers snapped a two-game losing streak and proved they could win in a grind-it-out game with Happ on the bench.UP NEXTIllinois: Hosts Penn State on Saturday.Wisconsin: Travels to Northwestern on Saturday.

Feb 18, 2019STILLWATER, Okla. Thomas Dziagwa matched a career-high with 23 points, connecting on 6 of 11 3-pointers, to help lead Oklahoma State to a 68-61 victory over TCU Monday night, snapping a five-game losing streak.Lindy Waters added 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists for Oklahoma State (10-16, 3-10 Big 12).Oklahoma State had lost eight conference games in a row, including a heart-breaking 70-68 loss at TCU on Feb. 6 in which they squandered a seven-point lead with 5:28 remaining and lost on a final-second shot.After scoring just three points on 1-of-9 shooting (1 of 7 from 3-point range) in a 78-50 loss to No. 15 Texas Tech last Wednesday, Dziagwa has connected on 13 of 22 from beyond the arc and scored 46 total points over his last two outings, which represent the two highest-scoring games of his career.Desmond Bane scored 19 points and had seven rebounds, while Alex Robinson contributed 19 points, five assists and four rebounds for TCU (17-9, 5-8), which lost its third in a row.BIG PICTURETCU: After scoring 22, 16 and 14 points in his previous three contests, freshman guard Kendric Davis had a difficult night, scoring six points and committing four turnovers, his second most this season. He had just two points, connecting on just 1 of 9 shots from the floor until there was 6:36 remaining, and got his third foul early in the second half, so he sat out for a long stretch early in the second half. Meanwhile, Bane bounced back from only his second single-digit point total in his last 10 games to have a big night. After scoring just eight points, on 3-of-12 shooting, in the Frogs' 71-62 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday, Bane shot 8 of 15 in this one.Oklahoma State: The Cowboys excelled early thanks to hot shooting from 3-point range, connecting on seven of their first nine attempts from beyond the arc over the first 10-plus minutes, as they built a 25-12 advantage. They were unable to keep up that pace, however, as they made just one of their next nine 3-point shots over the rest of the opening half. After going 3 of 7 in the second half, Oklahoma State wound up 11 of 25 (44.0 percent) on the night.UP NEXTTCU: The Horned Frogs will be off until Saturday, when they face No. 23 Iowa State at home, a team they already defeated 92-83 on Feb. 9.Oklahoma State: The Cowboys go on the road to take on Kansas State on Saturday, a team they lost to, 75-57, on Feb. 2.

Feb 17, 2019The word of the day will be "short-handed" when No. 18 Kansas State and West Virginia face off Monday in a Big 12 game in Morgantown, W. Va.The Mountaineers (10-15, 2-10 Big 12) have been playing without a full squad for much of the season, while Kansas State (19-6, 9-3) has lost two key players in the last week.Dean Wade left the Wildcats' game Saturday against Iowa State midway through the second half, when his team trailed by just five points. Wade hobbled off the floor and left the arena in a walking boot. The Wildcats struggled without their big man, losing 78-64 on their home floor.Head coach Bruce Weber said the senior had been hurting all week and had not practiced because of soreness in his right foot. Wade, the preseason Big 12 Conference Player of the Year, missed six games earlier this season with a torn tendon in his right foot. He is averaging 13.6 points and a team-high 6.6 rebounds per game.Iowa State outscored K-State 23-14 after Wade's departure."It is not the same spot, which we were very, very thankful for," Weber said after the game. "He had a boot and he did not practice."I think he planted wrong or came down wrong. I do not know if he tweaked it. When I first talked to him, the doc did not think it was that bad, but we will just have to wait and see." Wade seems unlikely to play Monday, joining sixth-man Cartier Diarra on the injured list. Diarra missed the past two games because of a broken finger on his shooting hand. Weber hopes to have him back by the postseason.Kansas State still leads the Big 12, but the margin for error diminished greatly when the three teams behind the Wildcats all won on Saturday. Texas Tech and Kansas are 9-4 in the conference, and Iowa State is 8-4."We just have to let them know we are still fine," guard Barry Brown said when asked what he would tell his teammates. "It is nice to know we are still in first."West Virginia is a good team; we haven't won there yet. It is going to be a tough environment to play in. We are experienced and we just have to go in there with the right mindset." West Virginia coach Bob Huggins has only nine healthy scholarship players. Last Monday, the school announced that senior forward Esa Ahmad and junior guard Wes Harris had been dismissed from the team for "violation of athletic department policies." Though not mentioning Ahmad and Harris specifically, Huggins was clearly displeased after a 22-point loss to Texas that preceded the dismissals."You have guys that follow the game plan and guys who don't follow the game plan," he said. "You have guys who really compete and guys who don't compete. You have guys who make excuses and guys who try harder." Center Sagaba Konate played in just eight games -- averaging 13.6 points and 8.0 rebounds -- before suffering a knee injury in December.James Bolden, the Mountaineers' second-leading scorer (12.2 ppg), has not played since Jan. 26. He has battled an assortment of injuries, including a sore ankle, stretched ligaments in his shooting hand, a full body cramp during a game, an injured left elbow and a banged-up shoulder.Huggins will rely on an inexperienced group that likely will produce only the third losing season in his 38 years as a head coach.The Wildcats are 1-5 all-time at WVU Coliseum, with the only win coming in 2013.Kansas State overcame a 21-point second-half deficit to beat the Mountaineers 71-69 in Manhattan on Jan. 9.--Field Level Media

Feb 18, 2019MORGANTOWN, W. Va. Barry Brown scored 21 points and No. 23 Kansas State beat West Virginia 65-51 on Monday night to remain atop the Big 12 standings.A 14-0 run midway through the second half, led by a couple of 3-pointers by Xavier Sneed, gave the Wildcats (20-6, 10-3) their fifth straight conference road win.After shooting poorly in the first half and only holding a two-point lead, Kansas State kept the Mountaineers (10-16, 2-10) at bay with 50 percent shooting in the final 20 minutes.Sneed added 19 points for Kansas State, including five 3-pointers. Dean Wade, who was questionable going into the game, scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds.Lamont West led West Virginia with 16 points. Derek Culver picked up his sixth double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Brandon Knapper scored 10 points.The Mountaineers outrebounded the Wildcats 35-31.BIG PICTUREKansas State: The Wildcats remain on top of the Big 12 by bouncing back after their 78-64 loss to then-No. 23 Iowa State on Saturday. No. 12 Kansas and No. 14 Texas Tech remain one game back at 9-4. The Jayhawks and Red Raiders play each other on Saturday in Lubbock, Texas.West Virginia: Considering the recent depletion of their roster, the Mountaineers put up a pretty good fight against the stout Wildcats, not caving until midway through the second half. With Oklahoma State's win over TCU on Monday, WVU sits alone at the bottom of the Big 12.UP NEXTKansas State returns home to host Oklahoma State on Saturday.West Virginia heads to Waco to play Baylor on Saturday.

Time: 4:00 PM EST Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada, T2G 2W1 / Mike Smith hasn't started three consecutive games for the Calgary Flames since the opening month of the season. His inconsistent play in net for much of the season, combined with the strong run David Rittich provided from mid-December through the end of January, left Smith more often than not riding the bench as the backup. However, Smith is being given his chance to be the backbone of the club sitting atop the Western Conference standings. He's been tabbed to take the net against his old team Monday afternoon when the Flames play host to the Arizona Coyotes after backstopping Calgary to its 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday afternoon." It feels nice to play," the veteran netminder said after the Pittsburgh win. "It's been a while since I've had back-to-back games, so it's nice to get a rhythm going and feel good about where my game's at. It's nice to get rewarded for a lot of hard work that I've put in." The Flames are kicking off a three-game homestead after a 1-1-2 road trip in which they hardly played well enough to win every game, but could have very easily won three of four with some puck luck." We didn't love our trip, to be honest with you, but we got points in three out of the four games and finish .500. Ended well with three out of the last possible four (points)," head coach Bill Peters said. "We'd like to get our game dialed up a little bit better and a little more consistent across the board, and that's what we'll strive towards coming to the finish line here." Calgary has cobbled together a 2-3-2 record since the All-Star break, yet managed to keep a hold on top spot in the division." If someone were to ask you if you'd be happy with first place at this time of the year, I think you'd be pretty happy with that," Smith said. "Every team's going to go through a bit of a low, and I think it's important to get it back as quick as you can and play like we're capable of. (Saturday's win) was a good example of that." Arizona arrives in Calgary on the heels of a 2-0 home win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, the Coyotes' third victory in four outings that has them in the thick of the wild card playoff spot hunt. It was a solid showing after a 4-0 thumping at the hands of the St. Louis Blues two nights earlier." I think it was a good turnaround game for us, a good response," said forward Josh Archibald. "We didn't play the way we wanted to (versus St. Louis) and I think we came out and had a really great start. That was something we wanted to do." "We had a game plan, we talked about it (Friday), we talked a little bit about it today, and they executed it," Tocchet said after his team's win. "To play a Leaf team, as star-studded as they are, you have to execute a game plan and the players were diligent in the game plan. I've got to give them a lot of credit." --Field Level Media

/ CALGARY, Alberta Michael Frolik and Mikael Backlund each had a goal and an assist in the third period to help the Calgary Flames beat the Arizona Coyotes on Monday. Mark Giordano also had a goal and an assist, and Derek Ryan and Austin Czarnik had the other goals for the Flames, who won their second straight to improve to 3-3-2 since the All-Star break. Elias Lindholm assisted on both third-period goals, Rasmus Andersson also had two assists, and Mike Smith stopped 27 shots in his third straight start (2-0-1). Conor Garland and Jordan Weal scored for the Coyotes. Calvin Pickard finished with 29 saves in his third start for Arizona since being claimed off waivers from Philadelphia on Nov. 29. Frolik extended Calgary's lead to 4-2 at 5:48 of the third period off Arizona's defensive-zone turnover. Lindholm skated the puck out from the boards and dished to the Czech, who chipped the puck by Pickard stick-side. Backlund added an empty-netter with 1:12 left. Czarnik got his second goal in two games after being a healthy scratch for the previous nine, giving the Flames a 3-2 lead with 3:42 left in the second. Subbing in on Calgary's third line again for the injured James Neal, Czarnik snared the puck on a broken play and scored from his knees with a low shot. Ryan opened the scoring as he deflected Giordano's slap shot up on Pickard at 1:34 of the first for his sixth of the season. Garland beat Smith with a high backhand for to tie it at 6:27 of the second. Giordano put Calgary up 2-1 with 8:40 left in the middle period. Instead of shooting from his preferred spot near the faceoff circle to the goalie's right, the Calgary captain went forehand to backhand to beat Pickard for his 13th. Weal, acquired from Philadelphia in January, got his first goal for the Coyotes on the power play with 5:39 left in the period. He took a cross-ice feed from Alex Galchenyuk and whipped a wrist shot past Smith's shoulder. NOTES: The Flames improved to 21-1-0 this season when leading after two periods. ... Flames D T. J. Brodie was scratched prior to the game and said to be day-to-day with an undisclosed injury, which promoted Andersson to Calgary's top pairing alongside Giordano. ... Neal missed a second straight game with an upper-body injury. UP NEXTCoyotes: At Edmonton on Tuesday night before closing out their western Canada swing Thursday night at Vancouver. Flames: Host the New York Islanders on Wednesday night.---More NHL: www.apnews.com/NHL and www.twitter.com/-Sports

Time: 7:30 PM EST Venue: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio, 43215 / Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov is having the kind of season that should yield a number of awards, while the Eastern Conference powerhouse club has its eyes on the biggest prizes. Winners of five straight and seven of its last nine, Tampa Bay (44-11-4) opens a two-game road trip when it plays at the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Monday night. The Lightning, wearing their recently unveiled third uniform on Saturday night, beat Montreal for the third time this season and look to do the same to Columbus. The Lightning have won the first two of the three-game season series against the Blue Jackets by a combined score of 12-2 -- 8-2 on Oct. 13 and 4-0 on Jan. 8. The Lightning dominated both of those home wins, and Kucherov netted goals in each game. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, who recorded his sixth shutout this season in the 3-0 win over the Canadiens, won both starts against the Blue Jackets, stopping 61 of 63 shots. Kucherov, the NHL's leading scorer, is a decent bet to win the Art Ross Trophy and unseat Edmonton's Connor McDavid as the best scorer, and he is a strong candidate to win the Hart Memorial Trophy as MVP. The 25-year-old had a goal and an assist in the win over Montreal to finish a three-game homestand. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay is the favorite to capture the President's Trophy as the NHL's top club. The team's longest losing streak is only two games long, and that's happened just twice, in November and February. Much of that is due to the incredible offensive output by Kucherov, who tops the NHL with 94 points on 27 goals and a league-high 67 assists. Kucherov, who authored a five-point game in Edmonton on Dec. 22, has been a multi-point master. He also owns five four-point games, eight three-point outings and 13 two-point efforts." I mean, we sit here and like we said, we're not worried about Kuch when he goes through a little slump -- and a slump for him is a point-a-game maybe," said Lightning captain Steven Stamkos, who has the locker next to Kucherov. "It's amazing. When he's feeling it, it's so much fun to watch." Columbus (33-21-3) left Chicago late Saturday with a 5-2 win after strong performances by winger Artemi Panarin (two goals, assist) and goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (39 saves) -- two of the hottest trade targets as the league's trade deadline nears. The top line of Panarin, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Cam Atkinson notched four of the team's five goals. Panarin and Dubois finished plus-4, while Atkinson was plus-3. The Blue Jackets won for the fifth time in six games, including four straight road wins." We needed to rebound here, and we did," said Columbus coach John Tortorella, whose team was shut out 3-0 at home by the New York Islanders on Thursday. "I really liked the way we bounced back in the third period. The top line did some damage, but everyone contributed." --Field Level Media

/ COLUMBUS, Ohio When Nikita Kucherov is at his best, there is little opposing teams can do to stop the Tampa Bay Lightning. Kucherov had two goals and three assists, and the Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-1 Monday night for their sixth straight win. Kucherov now has 99 points to lead the league, with seven goals in the last five games.''He's a special player,'' Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. ''The night when you are not your best, the team is not at its best, a big-time player came to play and our goaltender held us in. We felt pretty fortunate to come away with two points tonight.''Brayden Point scored twice and Steven Stamkos also had a goal for the Lightning, who are 8-1-2 in their last 11 games. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 40 shots and got his 26th win. Lukas Sedlak scored and Joonas Korpisalo finished with 15 saves for the Blue Jackets, who had won four straight. Columbus outshot the Lightning 19-6 in the first period, but Kucherov scored twice. He first beat Korpisalo top shelf off a lead pass from Yanni Gourde with 8:42 left, and then nabbed a turnover in the neutral zone and slipped it through the goalie's five-hole with 5:36 remaining for his 29th of the season.''When he's wheeling like that he's a real tough player to defend,'' Point said of Kucherov. ''Every time he's on the ice he makes something happen.''Stamkos made it 3-0 with just 28.1 seconds left in the second, 4 seconds into a 5-on-3 power play when he buried his 33rd off a pass from Kucherov. Point made it 4-0 just 12 seconds into the third on a power play from just above the circles off a feed from Kucherov. That extended Point's point streak to five games. Point then got his 35th only 34 seconds later just later off a pass from Kucherov.''It's really frustrating,'' Columbus coach John Tortorella said. ''I'm frustrated for the team. Our first period was probably our best period of hockey we've played all year long.''You can't lose your patience. When you are down 2-0 after the way we played. You still gotta stay with it.''Sedlak spoiled Vasilevskiy's bid for a third consecutive shutout with 1:45 remaining. NOTES: Tampa Bay has won six of its last seven games over the Blue Jackets. ... Columbus' Ryan Murray left the game after the first period with an upper-body injury. ... Lightning D Victor Hedman also left after the first period with a lower-body injury. ... Rookie Kole Sherwood had a strong contingent of family and friends in attendance as he made his home debut as the first Columbus-born player on the Blue Jackets' roster. UP NEXTLightning: At Philadelphia on Tuesday night. Blue Jackets: At Montreal on Tuesday night.---More NHL: www.apnews.com/NHL and www.twitter.com/-Sports

Time: 8:30 PM EST Venue: United Center, Chicago, Ill., 60612 / Two last-place teams in very different situations within their conference standings square off Monday when the Ottawa Senators visit the Chicago Blackhawks. Though the Blackhawks are tied at the bottom of the Central Division, a recent seven-game winning streak put Chicago within striking distance of a wild card spot in the tightly-compacted Western Conference. Since that seven-game run, however, the Blackhawks have lost two of three games, including a 5-2 setback to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. Now that Chicago has gotten itself back in the playoff hunt, captain Jonathan Toews wants his team to keep up the good form down the stretch." The fact that ... we're giving ourselves chances to win every single night, even if we're not playing our best hockey. I think it is showing how far we've come as a team," Toews said." But we know there's that next step that we need to take in these next 20 or so games, and points like (Saturday) are so valuable, you can't let them slip." The situation is more dire for the Senators, who sit in last place in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference as a whole. Barring a lengthy and immediate winning streak, the Senators might already be looking toward next season. There is speculation that Ottawa could deal one or more of its pending unrestricted free agents (i.e. Matt Duchene, Mark Stone, Ryan Dzingel) before the Feb. 25 trade deadline. Still, Ottawa has won three of its last five games, including a pair of wins over the Central Division-leading Winnipeg Jets. In the view of Senators coach Guy Boucher, the results are starting to match his team's effort." We've been playing well for so long now. Some games we didn't get those bounces. ... I think it's fitting at some point that when you deserve those games, that you get them," Boucher said. Anders Nilsson has a 7-4-0 record with a 2.27 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage over his past 11 games, which includes five consecutive starts for Ottawa. Those strong performances could give Nilsson another outing on Monday, although goaltender Craig Anderson was hopeful of a return against Chicago after missing the Senators' past three games due to an eye injury. For Chicago, goalie Corey Crawford has been practicing and is getting closer to a return after missing 24 games due to a concussion. If Crawford isn't ready to go by Monday, Chicago could give Cam Ward his fourth start in five games, or turn to rookie goalie Collin Delia. Patrick Kane has collected 37 points (13 goals, 24 assists) over the course of a 17-game point streak, tied for the longest streak in the league this season. Kane also has at least one assist in 16 straight games; one helper against Ottawa would tie Kane with Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey for the third-longest assists streak in NHL history. Chicago has won four in a row over Ottawa, including a 4-3 overtime victory in the season opener on Oct. 4. The Blackhawks are 13-3-1 in their past 17 games against the Senators, dating to 2007.--Field Level Media

/ CHICAGO Alex DeBrincat had three goals and two assists, and the Chicago Blackhawks held on to beat the Ottawa Senators 8-7 on Monday night for their ninth win in 11 games. Patrick Kane scored his 36th goal and added two assists to extend his point streak to 18 games - with 14 goals and 26 assists during the stretch- the longest by a player in the NHL this season. Dylan Strome also had a goal and two assists in his fourth three-point game since joining the Blackhawks on Nov. 25, and Brandon Saad, Gustav Forsling and Jonathan Toews also scored. The 21-year-old DeBrincat's five points set a career high. His fourth NHL hat trick gives him 32 goals in his second season. Colin White had two goals and an assist, Thomas Chabot scored twice, and Mark Stone, Bobby Ryan and Rudolfs Balcers also had goals for NHL-worst Ottawa, which lost for the eighth time in its last 11. The Blackhawks led 5-4 after a wild first period loaded with defensive breakdowns and few soft goals. Both starting goalies - Chicago's Collin Delia and Ottawa's Anders Nilsson - were pulled before the end of the period. Cam Ward got the win as he finished with 24 saves on 28 shots. White's second goal, on a wrister from the left circle, tied the score 1:32 into the second. DeBrincat completed his hat trick on a screened one-timer at 8:19 to put Chicago back ahead. Forsling ripped in a screened slap shot from inside the blue line 1:12 later to increase the Blackhawks' lead to 7-5. Set up by DeBrincat, Toews whipped in a power-play goal at 3:51 of the third to give Chicago a three-goal lead. Chabot scored from the left wing at 9:01 to make it 8-6, then buried a rebound with 5:17 left to pull Ottawa within a goal. Chicago killed an Ottawa power play over the last 1:40 with the Senators' Craig Anderson pulled for an extra attacker. Ottawa jumped out to a 2-0 lead 2:40 into the game on a power-play goal by Ryan and even-strength score by Balcers 34 seconds apart. DeBrincat tied it at 2-all just 2 1/2 minutes later when he was left wide open for power-play and even-strength goals in a 1:13 span. White's first goal put the Senators back ahead 3-2 at 7:55 and chased Delia, who faced 10 shots. Kane and Strome connected 46 seconds apart to put Chicago ahead 4-3 with 6:38 left Strome leisurely poked a loose puck past Nilsson on the short side, prompting Ottawa coach Guy Boucher to send in Anderson. Nilsson gave up the four goals on 12 shots. Anderson, who had missed the previous three games with an eye injury, allowed four goal on 30 shots. Saad was wide open at the edge of the crease for a tap-in with 5:07 left in the first to made it 5-3, then Stone scored countered from the slot with 2:14 left to pull Ottawa within one. NOTES: Kane has assists in 17 straight games, matching Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey for the third longest assist streak in league history. Only Gretzky (23 games in 1990-91) and Adam Oates (18 games in 1992-93.) have had longer such streaks. ... The nine goals by both teams in the first period set a Senators team record for combined goal in a period. ... Chicago D Brent Seabrook sat out with an abdominal strain. ... Senators F Mikkel Boedker returned after missing seven games with an abdominal injury. . Chicago made a minor-league deal before the game, acquiring F Peter Holland from the New York Rangers for D Darren Raddysh. ... The Senators are rumored to be shopping pending unrestricted free agents F Matt Duchene, D Stone and F Ryan Dzingel as next Monday's trade deadline approaches. Scouts from no fewer than nine other NHL teams were in the press box, including two from Winnipeg. UP NEXTSenators: At New Jersey on Thursday night. Blackhawks: At Detroit on Wednesday night.---More NHL: www.apnews.com/NHL and www.twitter.com/-Sports

Time: 9:00 PM EST Venue: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colo., 80204 / With his team struggling, Vegas head coach Gerard Gallant shook up his lines for a game against Nashville on Saturday. The formula worked and the Golden Knights salvaged the final game of their four-game homestand with a win over the Predators. Gallant's strategy might have been a wake-up call for Vegas, which had lost seven of its last nine before Saturday. Now the Golden Knights will try to carry that momentum into Monday night's game at the Colorado Avalanche. The changes seemed to benefit forward Max Pacioretty, who scored two goals against the Predators. He ended a five-game goal drought and had his first multi-goal game since Nov. 29." When you're losing, you have to try new things, don't you?" Gallant said Saturday. "The team hasn't been good enough. Thursday night, they were minus-3. But it's not about our line, it's about our team. Some nights, it's the so-called first line. When you're winning, it's different lines that carry you. When you're losing, it's the same thing. I'm not blaming those guys. I'm just trying to make our team better. Hopefully, you maybe shake up a few things and find some magic." Colorado coach Jared Bednar has tried everything to shake his team out of a slump that is now in its third month. The Avalanche (23-24-11) have lost nine of their last 10 and six in a row on home ice. They have rarely put together a complete game since early December when they were atop the Western Conference standings. Some nights they are scoring but the defense and goaltending is absent. Other nights they get good goaltending but can't score. That was the case against St. Louis on Saturday. It was a scoreless game into the third and then the Blues scored twice in a minute and added an empty-netter in a 3-0 win. Colorado had 32 shots on goal but couldn't solve Blues goalie Jake Allen." The past two games defensively we've been doing good things, but the offense, it's tough right now, tough to find the back of the net," forward Mikko Rantanen said after Saturday's loss. The Avalanche are quickly falling out of playoff contention after losing 23 of their last 29 games. Colorado has picked up just 20 points since Dec. 7." We can't feel sorry for ourselves, we just have to keep pounding ahead," Rantanen said. "There's a lot of games left. This was a really important game and it sucks to lose. We can't get stuck in the mud, we have to forget and move on." Vegas (32-24-4) is securely in third place in the Pacific Division but has fallen nine points behind Calgary and San Jose in a division it won as an expansion team last year. The Golden Knights haven't had the same success this year but are still in a playoff position. They also have found some depth at goaltending. After Marc-Andre Fleury allowed 17 goals in four straight starts, Vegas plugged rookie Malcom Subban into the lineup for just the eighth time this year on Saturday vs. the Predators, and he stopped 29 shots to help the Golden Knights end a five-game home losing streak.--Field Level Media

/ DENVER Andrew Agozzino scored his first NHL goal, Semyon Varlamov stopped 40 shots for his second shutout of the season and the Colorado Avalanche ended a six-game home skid by beating the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Monday night. Tyson Jost and Matt Calvert also scored as the Avalanche won their first game at the Pepsi Center since Jan. 19. Agozzino also added an assist. Malcolm Subban had 35 saves for a Golden Knights team that's now dropped eight of their last 11 games. Subban started back-to-back games for the first time all season with Vegas electing to rest Marc-Andre Fleury. Calvert gave Colorado a three-goal cushion with 13:07 remaining. The play was reviewed when it appeared he knocked it in with his glove. But the officials ruled he last powered in the puck with his stick after it struck his glove. The only blemish for the Avalanche was a lackluster power play. They switched things up in an effort to generate more chances, but failed to score on three opportunities. They're now 0 for 26 with the man-advantage over the last nine games. Agozzino was recalled Sunday from Colorado of the AHL, where he led Eagles with 22 goals and 28 assists. In his 11th NHL game - and first since April 9, 2016 - the 28-year-old Agozzino pushed a shot past Subban off a pass from captain Gabriel Landeskog. It gave Colorado a 2-0 advantage in the second period. The assist marked the 400th career point for Landeskog. Early in the first period, Jost stole the puck down low early and made a nifty spin move to score his first goal since Jan. 2. The young center was in such a scoring funk he was briefly sent to the minors for some more work. Jost celebrated his goal in style by dropping to a knee and skating toward the boards. An early Colorado lead at home - a rare sight in recent games. It hasn't exactly been home-sweet-home for the Avalanche this season with an 11-12-5 mark. This after such a dominant showing a season ago when their 28 home wins matched the franchise record set by the 2000-01 Stanley Cup championship squad.''It's not like we go out there and don't want to play at home,'' defenseman Nikita Zadorov said. ''We're trying.''NOTES: Vegas LW Tomas Nosek returned after not playing in the last three games. ... Avalanche F Colin Wilson (upper body) skated with the team Monday and could soon be available. ... D Ian Cole (upper body) remains sidelined indefinitely. ... Landeskog joins Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov as the only members of the 2011 NHL draft class to reach the 400-point plateau. ... Agozzino assisted on Calvert's goal. It was his fourth NHL assist. ... The shutout was No. 25 in Varlamov's career. UP NEXTGolden Knights: Begin a four-game homestand Wednesday night against Boston. Avalanche: Host Winnipeg on Wednesday night.---More NHL: https://apnews.com/tag/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports

Time: 10:00 PM EST Venue: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, CA, 95113 / In this corner, wearing teal, are the San Jose Sharks. They are tied for the top spot in the Western Conference and have won seven of eight games. In the other corner, wearing black and yellow, are the Boston Bruins. They have won five consecutive outings and are on a 7-0-3 roll. Are you ready for this heavyweight tilt when the Sharks play host to the Bruins on Monday night?Maybe a tougher question to answer before the puck drops is: Which team has the advantage?Sure, you can say it's the Sharks, since they are on home ice and yet again are one of the league's best home clubs. However, the Bruins are coming off impressive wins over both the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings on consecutive nights to kick off their road trip and are well aware how big a California sweep can be." You win on the road, it always carries into the next game," Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy said after his club's 4-2 victory over the Kings on Saturday night. "For us, (Friday) that was a monkey off our back. ... We come into here feeling good about ourselves." While it would take a nearly unfathomable collapse for the Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay Lightning to relinquish control of the Atlantic Division lead, the Bruins have plenty to play for these days. They're in a dogfight with the Toronto Maple Leafs for second place in the Atlantic Division. So, this winning streak -- especially with victories coming on the road (Boston has a 13-10-5 mark away from Beantown) -- is a huge boost at the right time." I think we're just confident in our group," Brad Marchand told the Boston Globe. "They got an unfortunate bounce there to tie it up, but guys did a great job of sticking with it. That's what we're going to need if we're going to make a push here." Meanwhile, the Sharks are also in a knock-down-drag-out battle with the Calgary Flames for top place in the Pacific Division -- as well as the Western Conference. San Jose, which sports the NHL's best winning percentage since the start of the 2003-04 season (Detroit is second and Boston is third), is coming off a 3-2 win at home over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night, which followed a 5-1 defeat at the hands of the Washington Capitals a couple of nights earlier." It wasn't an easy win," Sharks forward Timo Meier told the San Jose Mercury News. "I thought everybody battled. Especially after the game we had against Washington, we had to come out harder and play a full 60 minutes of our game." One aspect helping the hosts is the return of star defenseman Erik Karlsson for the Vancouver game. Karlsson missed a month due to a groin injury but appeared in fine form collecting an assist and playing nearly 25 minutes." He looked good," Logan Couture said. "It's not an easy situation. I've been there. Coming back from an injury, especially a lower-body injury where your legs are so important in this game, it takes some time. But he's still really good." Sharks head coach Pete DeBoer, 50, will coach his 800th NHL game.--Field Level Media

/ SAN JOSE, Calif. Charlie McAvoy scored the game-winning goal in overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the San Jose Sharks 6-5 on Monday night in a game featuring two of the NHL's hottest teams. McAvoy's fourth goal of the season came with 1:01 left in overtime. After blowing an early three-goal lead, the Bruins trailed 5-4 with 1:49 left in the game when Chris Wagner tied it with his eighth goal of the season. The Bruins won their season-best sixth straight game and extended their point streak to 11 games (8-0-3). Boston moved to three points ahead of Toronto for second place in the Atlantic Division. The Sharks lost despite Joe Thornton's fifth career hat trick. San Jose had won seven of their previous eight games and 14 of 18 going into Monday. They fell out of a tie for first place with Calgary, which defeated Arizona. Thornton's third goal and 13th of the season broke a 4-4 tie at 13:32 of the third period. Tuukka Rask had 38 saves for Boston. The Bruins scored three goals in the span of less than five minutes to take a big early lead. Torey Krug got the Bruins with a power play goal (his sixth) at 13:49 of the first period. Zdeno Chara followed it with his fourth goal and rookie Karson Kuhlman scored his first career goal with 1:34 left in the period. Sharks goalie Martin Jones had 20 saves. NOTES: Peter DeBoer coached his 800th career NHL game for the Sharks. C Kuhlman played on the second line in place of Peter Cehlarik, who was injured in the third period of Saturday's game in Los Angeles. Cehlarik is day to day. Bruins F David Pastrnak (left thumb) missed his third straight game. ... Boston recalled D Steven Kampfer from his conditioning loan with the Providence Bruins. ... Sharks D's Erik Karlsson and Brent Burns were on the ice after missing a morning skate earlier in the day. . The Sharks reassigned C Dylan Gambrell to the San Jose Barracuda. UP NEXTBruins: At Vegas on Wednesday. Sharks: At Pittsburgh on Thursday.

Time: 10:30 PM EST Venue: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90015 / The Los Angeles Kings are at the end of an odd but favorable stretch of their schedule. So far, they've failed to take advantage. They'll take on the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals at Staples Center on Monday night, the third straight opponent on this three-game homestand that burned a significant amount of energy while playing at the Anaheim Ducks the night before. The Kings haven't benefited from opponent fatigue in the first two games of the homestand, particularly in the final minutes of regulation, when the drain of playing back-to-back nights often takes over the legs. The Vancouver Canucks traveled to Los Angeles on Thursday after getting shut out by a Ducks goalie making his first NHL start. The Canucks scored the tying goal with 1:38 left in regulation before beating Los Angeles 4-3 in a shootout. Two nights later, the Kings hosted Boston less than 24 hours after the Bruins shut out the Ducks. Playing their third straight game without leading goal scorer David Pastrnak, the Bruins gave up the tying goal with 4:23 left in the third period, but then scored twice in the final 1:13 to win 4-2." That was a tough one," Kings coach Willie Desjardins told reporters after the latest loss. The Capitals will be looking for improvement in their play after losing 5-2 to the Ducks on Sunday night. Alex Ovechkin scored his 40th goal of the season to become the fourth NHL player with at least 10 seasons of 40 goals, but Washington lost forward T. J. Oshie to an upper-body injury in the first period. Oshie was one of the hottest players for the Capitals with 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) in the previous 11 games." Meaningful games now," said Washington defenseman John Carlson, who had a goal and an assist against Anaheim and needs one more assist for 300 in his career. "We've got to take home points." As was the case against the Bruins, the Kings will be playing the Capitals twice in seven days. Los Angeles visited Washington on Feb. 11, two days after losing in overtime to Boston to start the current four-game losing streak. The Kings couldn't hold a 3-2 second-period lead against the Capitals and lost 6-4. Washington forward Evgeny Kuznetsov matched his season high with four points (two goals, two assists) in the win against Los Angeles. The Kings didn't have forward Jeff Carter when they played the Capitals last week because he was sidelined with a lower-body injury, but Carter returned from his five-game absence on Saturday and played 18:28 against the Bruins. Carter scored 32 goals two seasons ago, but injuries have limited him to 23 goals in 79 games over the past two seasons. Carter has performed well against the Capitals in his 14-year career, with 13 goals and 15 assists in 31 games. The Kings can use all the offense they can get. Although the Ducks have fallen below the Kings in recent weeks as the lowest-scoring team in the NHL, Los Angeles still needs to significantly improve its production, especially against high-scoring teams like the Capitals." We just have to find ways to make better plays and score goals," said Kings forward Anze Kopitar, who has 17 goals after scoring a career-high 35 last season. "Just make plays. Try to be in the offensive zone as much as you can and go to the net." --Field Level Media

/ LOS ANGELES Alex Ovechkin scored two power-play goals, and the Washington Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Monday night. It was the 10th multi-goal game this season for Ovechkin, who leads the NHL with 42 goals. He has scored a goal in three straight games and has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in the past eight games. He is on pace for 57 goals, which would be the second-most in his 14-year career. He scored 65 goals in 2007-08. Brett Connolly scored Washington's other goal and John Carlson had two assists to go over 300 for his career. Pheonix Copley made 26 saves for his third straight win. Alex Iafallo and Ilya Kovalchuk had third-period goals for Los Angeles, which is 0-3-2 in its last five. Dustin Brown had an assist for his 600th point. Jack Campbell made 18 saves. The Capitals are 2-2 during their six-game road trip and remain in second place in the Metropolitan Division with 73 points. Los Angeles is last in the Western Conference with 52 points. Washington opened the scoring midway through the first with a pair of goals 20 seconds apart. Ovechkin put the Capitals on the board at 10:48 on a slap shot from the left faceoff circle. Connolly quickly made it 2-0 at 11:08 when he deflected Andre Burakovsky's wrist shot past Campbell for his 14th of the season. It was the quickest back-to-back goals the Capitals have scored this season, surpassing the 21-second margin that happened Oct. 4 at Pittsburgh. Ovechkin netted his 13th power-play goal at 5:27 of the second period on a one-timer from Carlson from the left faceoff circle. It was the sixth time the Capitals have had two or more power-play goals but the first since they had two in a Dec. 11 win at Detroit. Iafallo averted a shutout when the drove to the net and buried a cross-crease pass from Brown past Copley for his 13th of the season. Iafallo has scored in two straight games for only the second time this season. Kovalchuk scored his 13th of the season at 19:32 when the Kings brought on an extra skater. NOTES: Washington RW T. J. Oshie returned to the lineup after sustaining an upper-body injury during the second period at Anaheim on Sunday. ... Carlson is the third defenseman in Capitals history to reach 300 assists. He joins Calle Johansson (361) and Scott Stevens (331). ... Los Angeles G Jonathan Quick was available as a backup but did not play. He missed Saturday's game against Boston due to illness. ... The Kings have allowed a power-play goal in four of the past five games. UP NEXTCapitals: Continue their road trip on Thursday night at Toronto. Kings: Travel to Nashville on Thursday night to start a four-game road trip.---More NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/-Sports---Follow Joe Reedy at www.twitter.com/joereedy

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